Frankford, Pennsylvania

Frankford is a neighborhood in northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established by Quakers in 1682, and it was named for the Frankfurt Company. It was incorporated as a borough on 2 March 1800, and it was annexed into Philadelphia in 1854. In the 19th century, the town became a center of textile production, and its arsenal provided over 22,000 jobs, and, during World War II, it produced 8 million bullets a day. It declined during the 1950s due to suburbanization, and white flight occurred during the 1970s and 1980s. By 1990, over 30% of the area's storefronts were vacant, and most of Frankford suffered from street crime and open-air drug sales into the 21st century.